NCJ Number
19652
Date Published
1975
Length
415 pages
Annotation
A MONOGRAPH WHICH PRESENTS A CRITICAL SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH, CONCEPTS, AND THEORIES OF REVOLUTION, COVERING SUCH SPECIFIC AREAS AS THE MEANING AND CAUSES OF REVOLUTION, THE PHASES OF REVOLUTION, AND IDEOLOGY.
Abstract
FIRST REVIEWED ARE THE CONCEPTS OF COUP D'ETAT, REVOLT, AND SECESSION. VARIOUS THEORIES OF REVOLUTION, SUCH AS REVOLUTION AS AN ECONOMIC CATACLYSM, REVOLUTION AS CIRCULATION OF THE ELITE, AND REVOLUTION AS A CRISIS OF POLITICAL MODERNIZATION ARE DISCUSSED. ALSO EXPLORED ARE SUCH TOPICS AS: STRATIFICATION AND SOCIAL CONFLICT; CLASSIC MODELS OF REVOLUTION; KEY THEMES IN MODERN REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY; REVOLUTIONARY PROTAGONISTS; CROWDS, COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND REVOLUTION; AND REVOLUTION AND COUNTERREVOLUTION.